DW BUREAU / Chandigarh With the objective of improving administrative efficiency, the Haryana government has merged and reorganized some departments and a notification has also been issued today. Sharing details in this regard, an official spokesperson said that with the merging of the Department of New and Renewable Energy with the Department of Power; the name of the new department has been changed to 'Energy Department'. The Forest and Wildlife Department and Environment and Climate Change Department have been merged and changed to 'Environment, Forests and Wildlife Department'. The Department of Archeology and Museums has been merged with the Department of Tourism and the name of the department has been changed to 'Heritage and Tourism Department'. The Departments of Higher Education, Technical Education and the Department of Science and Technology have been merged and the new department has been named 'Higher Education Department'. The spokesperson further informed that the state government has dissolved the Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communication; and the functions of this department, electronics manufacturing and private IT and Hartron have been brought under the purview of 'Industries and Commerce Department'. Similarly, the Department of Art and Cultural Affairs has been merged with the Department of Information, Public Relations and Languages and its name has been changed to 'Information, Public Relations, Languages and Culture Department'. The name of the Labour and Employment Department has now been changed to the 'Labour Department'. Meanwhile, after the merger of the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department and Social Justice and Empowerment Department; it has been renamed as 'Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department'. The Department of Sports and Youth Affairs has now been named 'Department of Sports'. (editor@dailyworld.in)